Dress-form



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0. H. GRIFFIN.

DRESS FORM.

Patented June 21, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

CALEB H. GRIFFIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRESS-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,302, dated June 21,1887.

Application filed June 12,1886.

and other similar garments for sale, as well as to retain dresses uponwhen not being worn, so as to prevent jamming or wrinkling the same; andit consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of theseveral parts of the form,as hereinafter more fully described,

and specifically set forth in the claim.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a dress-form constructedaccording to my in vention. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the Fig.3 represents an elevation of a portion of the actuating mechanismremoved. Fig. 4 represents a plan of a detached port-ion.

A represents the legs or base, wh ich supports the central verticaltube, B, within which the vertical adjustable tube or rodO is securedand held at the desired elevation by means of the set-screw D, the upperend-of the said tube B passing through the top operating-knob,W, asshown, said knob being provided with a spring-catcl1,V, which engageswith the notches in the top portion of the tube G, as shown in Fig. 2,so as to hold the adjustable wire skirtframe E and waist or bust portionF in position, as desired for use. For convenience, the skirt-frame Eand waist-form F are constructed in four adjustable longitudinalsections, connected together at the top by screws entering thesupport-disk G, as shown, and at the bottom by the pivoted short foldingconnectingbars H, which permit the skirtsections E to be adjusted andexpanded circumferential] y by simply forcing downward the said knob W,which is attached to the sleeve I; and to this sleeve I are secured theupper ends of the four actuating incline or oblique rods J ,which slidethrough holes or eyes formed in the inward ends of the horizontalguide-rods K, the outward ends of which are secured to the interiorSerial No. 205,027. (No model.)

lower end portions of the said waist-form F, one being provided for eachsection. These oblique rods J are bent inwardly at the terminus of theincline portions, and are secured to the shortsleeve M by solder or inany suitable manner, and are then extended outward therefrom at aboutaright angle, so as to form actuating-inclines L, which pass throughholes or eyes formed in the inward ends of the lower set of horizontalguide-rods,N, the outward ends of which are secured to the horizontalsegmental wire-frame portions 0, as represented. The said actuatingincline rods L are formed more obliquely than the upper inclines, J soas to permitt he bottom of the skirt-form E to be expanded more than thewaist-form F, which, being secured at its extreme upper end, remains inthe same position at all times,while the whole form is expanded,increasing grad ually downward to the bottom thereof; but, if desirable,it may be constructed to expand at the top as well. Theactuatinginclinerods L are bent inward until they come in contact with the short sleeveP, to which they are connected by solder, or otherwise, so that thethree sleeves I M P may be slid up and down .upon the center verticalrod or tube, 0, freely in adjusting the skirt-form, as shown anddescribed.

To the upper portion of the rod or vertical tube 0 is permanentlysecured the supportbracket R, having four radiating orhorizontally-projecting short arms or cars provided with holes, throughwhich the stay-rods S pass at their upper ends, and extend obliquelydownward and outward, and are connected at their ends with the saidsegmental sections 0 I loosely, so as to allow the sections of thedressform or wire frame composingthe same to be supported in positionthereby and expanded or contracted, as desired.

The form or dress-form frame may be elevated or adjusted vertically bymeans of the collar T, provided upon the lower portion of the verticalrod 0, and resting on the upper end of the vertical tube B and securedtemporarily upon said rod 0 at the desired point by a setscrew, V, andthereby permit the said form to be turned around or rotated,whendesired, by releasing the lower set-screw, D, which passes through thesaid tube B and has a bearing against the rod 0. The other portions ofthe frame, consisting of the wire braces, horizonatingrods J, guide-rodsK, oblique actuating- IO tal and vertical stays, being of usualconstrucrods L, guide-rods N, sliding sleeves I M P, tion, are not fullyor more particularly deadjustable tubes B G, supp0rt-bracket R, andscribed, as they form no essential feature of stay-rods S, adapted toadjust the segmental 5 my present invention. I sections of the saidframe F F, as described.

Having thus described my in vcnti0n,what I CALEB H. GRIFFIN. claim is--The combination, with the adjustable skirtframe E and waist-form F, ofthe oblique actu- 1 \Vi tn esscs:

SYLvENUs WALKER, \VILLIAM II. PARRY.

